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2020 Youth Art Prize

In 2020 the Waverley Youth Art Prize turns 35!

This year, the prize asks young artists of the region to create a portrait of someone who inspires them. The artist's ‘sitter’ was asked to be distinguished in art, letters, science, politics or the playground. The sitter might be an everyday icon, a loved member of the artist’s life, a local personality or hero.

We were ecstatic to receive over 160 artworks this year across a variety of mediums. Due to COVID-19 this year's event has taken place as an Online Exhibition. Browse the Youth Art Prize Galleries below:

9- 12 Gallery

13-15 Gallery

16-18 Gallery

2020 Winners

We are pleased to announce the 2020 Waverley Youth Art Prize winners .

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make this year's Youth Art Prize a success!

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2019 Youth Art Prize Winners

Soup cans to radio bands, icons in vogue, or 15 minutes of fame….this is pop culture!

The Purpose of the Waverley Youth Art Prize is to encourage creativity in young artists from within the Waverley Council area. It is an open prize and all entrants work is hung so they get to experience the joy of being an exhibiting artist and seeing an audience appreciate their work and talents. We ask parents, guardians and teachers to respect the age guidelines of the prize. While there are prizes awarded, the joy of being showcased is the real prize.

In 2019, Waverley’s Youth Art Prize is celebrating the ‘POP YOUR CULTURE'. Interpret the theme ‘Pop Your Culture’ however you like- show us your artistic skills!

On Thursday 6 June we announced the winners of the Waverley Youth Art Prize 2019 – Pop Your Culture at the Waverley Library. Thank you to everyone who came along and made it such a special night. Congratulations again to everyone who was awarded a prize and just as importantly, congratulations to every future artist who entered. What a stunning show.

See below is the full list of winners:

Category	Winners
Junior Category- Highly Commended	Jet and Coco Batu-Sampson – Slime
Junior Category- 3rd	Lara Monforte – Music Connects us
Junior Category- 2nd	Isobel Killcross – More than a face
Junior Category- 1st	Kate Smith – I’m feeling pretty hot today
Intermediate Category- Highly Commended	Leo Schmid - Frozen
Intermediate Category- 3rd	Nathaniel Phipps – Pasta-Pop
Intermediate Category- 2nd	Daniel Zheng - no
Intermediate Category- 1st	Mia Mac Cormick – Layers of Pictures
Best New Media Artwork	Teonie Quach - 1955
Best Three dimensional creation	Matilda Zenere – don’t be drastic it’s only some plastic
Best Interpretation of the Theme	Jet Marsh Cashman – Just a finger
Mayors special Commendation	Yijun Zhou – A sponsorship from the self-absorbed
Senior Category- Highly Commended	Chloe Lenehan – Famous Commodities
Senior Category- 3rd	Matthew Awad - HAWAIIAN
Senior Category- 2nd	Lehon Karube - Phillydahla
Senior Category- 1st	Lucinda Rofe - Trump’s Tweets

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2018 Youth Art Prize Winners

Category	Winners
Senior - 1st	Adena Sheps - Budgie Love
Senior - 2nd	Avital Lindsay-Shad - Black or White
Senior - 3rd	Xanthe Muston - The Guide Dogs
Senior - Highly Commended	Jasmine Zelden - Skipper
Intermediate - 1st	Andrew Yang - Enjoy Youth
Intermediate - 2nd	Janice Li - Koi
Intermediate - 3rd	Oliver Freeman - Maple
Intermediate - Highly Commended	James Leib - Easter Flight Mia MacCormick - Black Swan Nicole Lee - Cactus
Junior - 1st	Michael Espinos - Best act of all time!
Junior - 2nd	Sabrina Kockzar - The Guinea Pig that's Worthless
Junior - 3rd	Mila Hall - Show-jumper
Junior - Highly Commended	Scarlett King - The Litter
Best New Media	Amy Johnson - Pug's Ballet
Best 3 Dimension	Sarah Charlton - Best in Show; don't leave me behind
Best Interpretation of the Theme	Annabelle Knox - Rattiemetre

2017 Youth Art Prize Winners

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Senior Category – 1st	Michael Aroney – The Suitcase
Senior Category – 2^nd	Xanthe Muston – My Brother Jack
Senior Category –3^rd	Casey O’Regan – Gaurdia
Senior Category –Highly Commended	Elliot Gibson – Mailman
Intermediate Category – 1^st	Adena Sheps – Judith the Beheader
Intermediate Category – 2^nd	Caitlin O’Regan – The Living Rainbow
Intermediate Category – 3^rd	Nour Agiel – Colour of My Life
Intermediate Category – Highly Commended	Jamie Grieve – Spider Girl’s Adventures – Saving Gecko
Junior Category – 1^st	Nadia May – Fuzz and the Owl
Junior Category – 2^nd	Gabriel Stafford – Not Every Hero Has a Happy Ending
Junior Category – 3^rd	Otis O’Neill – Iron man After a Bath
Junior Category –Highly Commended	Rolf Rafael Lie – Chip Man Vs. Alien Guy
Junior Category – Highly Commended	Tilly Groves - When the Whole World is Silent, Even One Voice Becomes Powerful.
Best Interpretation of the Theme	Xanthe Muston – My Brother Jack
Best New Media Artwork	Lola Levy, Grace Wren, Grace Ingham, Matilda Gosling, Daisy Johnson, Stella Moore, Lucia Moore - Coogee Friends
Best Three dimensional creation	Ava Webster – Shadowgirl to the Rescue

2016 Youth Art Prize Winners


SENIOR	FIRST	Finn McGrath	Lion
	SECOND	Elliot Sofaea	Circus Girl
	THIRD	Ben Langsam	By the Sea
	HC	Samuel Zheng	A shade for all seasons
INTERMEDIATE	FIRST	Casey O'Regan	Lady with the Circus
	SECOND	Kjihee Park	Speechless
	THIRD	Eloise North	Fast and Furious
	HC	Tasmin Chowdhury	Freak Show

JUNIOR	FIRST	Chantal Nettis	I want to go home
	SECOND	Samantha Klein	The Amazing Trio
	THIRD	Hugo Lefebure	Sad Clown
	HC	Coco Sampson	There is a little bit of CIRCUS in all of us

PAC	VIDEO	Samantha Klein	The Amazing Trio
	SCULPTURE	Chantal Nettis	I want to go home
	THEME	Lehun Karube	Together or without

2015 Youth Art Prize Winners

Junior
1st	Ariel Berger	Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde
2nd	Alon Erez-Rein	untitled
3rd	James Robinson	Lost
People's Choice	Mo Giddy	Today and yesterday
Highly Commended	Jet Marsh-Cashmen	coloured lines
Intermediate
1st	Jacob Davidson	By the billabong
2nd	Jack Zhou	Jack the communist
3rd	Alexandra Purdey	The next generation
Highly Commended	Jonathan Li	Jonathan Li's Film
Senior
1st	Sofia Papageorgious	I'm Wired Up
2nd	Jessica Frankel	Requiem
3rd	Sian McGrane	The Light in Loss

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